blog writing #living under stalinism and the great terror

For me, one of the emotions that Podlubny discussed in the diary is the pain of losing a loved one (Garros et al. 1997), pg. 294. Stalin lost his wife, which profoundly affected him because it felt like the end of any semblance of a normal family life.It is painful to lose a loved one, and this made Stalin shed tears during his wife’s funeral. During these kinds of moments, many people have a lot of thoughts that they can’t articulate, and they normally get lost in the thoughts they try to share with others (Garros et al. 1997) pg. 294.